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Blizzard Entertainment (hereafter, Blizzard) deals with “overwatch 2]has been distributed for free from October 5th. As a sequel to the popular fighting FPS “Overwatch”, it is attracting a lot of attention. In this work, which has just been released, a popular broadcaster faces a five-year prohibition penalty (chat ban). It seems that it is becoming a hot topic mainly in the overseas game community.
The talk is about streamer Tyler Steinkamp (tyler1). On October 13, local time, he started live streaming of “Overwatch 2” on Twitch. He said the stream was sponsored by Blizzard. Viewers were excited about his “Overwatch 2” distribution, which occurred in a guerrilla manner.
However, a few minutes after the play-by-play broadcast started, Tyler checked his own chat section and saw a warning message saying, “You have been imposed a 1812-day prohibition penalty.” Mr. Tyler reveals surprise and anger to the penalty for about 5 years. On the one hand, he makes remarks admitting his own responsibility that he will regain his composure after a while. Also, if Mr. Tyler’s statement about the distribution sponsor is true, it has become a strange situation that he is receiving an in-game penalty even though he is live under the official approval of the developer. .
Blizzard official websiteSupport pageAccording to the company, the prohibition penalty is a penalty imposed on “a person who made a malicious chat”. The definition of “malicious chat” is discriminatory, obscene, and offensive communication, and the prohibition penalty period in “Overwatch” is 7 days (186 hours) for the first violation. Each time the same penalty is imposed, the duration will double or more, and may even result in the suspension of the account itself. However, Tyler said that this was his first time playing Overwatch 2. There seems to be a different reason behind his facing a lengthy banning penalty.
After all, Tyler is a streamer who has long been known for his extreme behavior. He frequently broadcasts Riot Games’ “League of Legends” live stream, uttering abusive words regardless of friend or foe, and speaking out of anger. He was known for his behavior, which could be called ‘kiregei’. However, in April 2016, Riot Games announced that Tyler’s “League of Legends” account would be suspended indefinitely for his behavior.
After receiving an indefinite account suspension from League of Legends, Tyler started playing Overwatch. He said he’s been playing Overwatch a lot since its beta days. However, according to Tyler’s past stream, it seems that he was also sentenced to a long-term banning penalty for “Overwatch”. Even while playing “Overwatch,” he said that he was complaining and swearing, and it is believed that such behavior was also punished in the same work.
In other words, the five-year prohibition penalty that Tyler faced in “Overwatch 2” is seen as a remnant of the “10-year chat ban” once imposed in “Overwatch”. Even after the transition from “Overwatch” to “Overwatch 2”, the prohibition penalty that occurred five years ago still remained.
However, Tyler, who witnessed the penalty this time, reflected on his own remarks at the time, commenting, “I deserved it.” He appears to be remorseful for his past actions. Also, although it is a story of the past, in 2018, Riot Games partially solved the penalty related to “League of Legends” mentioned above. The live play of the same work is also continuing, and it can be seen that a certain improvement has been made to the behavior.
Mr. Tyler, who has been recognized by Riot Games for a certain improvement in behavior and continues his activities as a “League of Legends” distributor. However, it seems that his past actions and results in “Overwatch” still remain in the form of “chat ban” for about 5 years. In any case, all he can do is continue to refrain from inappropriate behavior.